Job Satisfaction Among Teachers in Seventh-day Adventist Schools and its Relationship to

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Athanase K. Rutebuka
Andrews University
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JOB SATISFACTION AMONG TEACHERS IN SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST SCHOOLS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP
TO COMMITMENT AND SELECTED
WORK CONDITIONS
A Dissertation
Presented in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
by
Athanase K. Rutebuka
August 1996
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JOB SATISFACTION AMONG TEACHERS IN SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST SCHOOLS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP
TO COMMITMENT AND SELECTED
WORK CONDITIONS
A dissertation
presented in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree
Doctor of Philosophy
by
Athanase K. Rutebuka
APPROVAL BY THE CCMCCTTEE:
Gfeir: Lyndon G. Furst Jerome D. Thayer
Diret^tcjor, Graduate Programs
E. Minder
Dean, School of Education
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ABSTRACT
JOB SATISFACTION AMONG TEACHERS IN SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST SCHOOLS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP
TO COMMITMENT AND SELECTED
WORK CONDITIONS
by
Athanase K. Rutebuka
Chair: Lyndon G. Furst
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ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Dissertation
Andrews University
School of Education
Title: JOB SATISFACTION AMONG TEACHERS IN SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST SCHOOLS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO
COMMITMENT AND SELECTED WORK CONDITIONS
Name of researcher: Athanase K. Rutebuka
Name and degree of faculty chair: Lyndon G. Furst, Ed.D.
Date completed: June 1996
Problem
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America has
evidenced concerns over young people losing their
commitment to the church, to SDA schools, and even to
Christianity. Given the important role teachers play in
the formation of young people, the purpose of this study
was to determine the degree of teachers' job satisfaction
and its relationship to commitment and selected work
conditions.
Method
The population for this study included 261
elementary- and secondary-school teachers employed by the
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Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in 116
schools. A survey-research method was used to determine
the degree of teachers' job satisfaction and its
relationship to commitment and selected work conditions.
The instrument was adapted from an earlier study on
Catholic schools and was pilot tested to adjust it to the
Adventist system. Statistical procedures used to analyze
the data included Pearson (£.) Product-Moment Correlation,
Analysis of Variance, and Multiple Regression analysis.
Findings
1. Teachers in the Lake Union Conference of Seventh-
day Adventists are generally satisfied with their work.
They chose to work for the SDA Church because of their
commitment to the church.
2. Commitment to the teaching profession was to be
highly related to job satisfaction among male teachers,
whereas, commitment to the church organization was highly
related to job satisfaction among female teachers.
3. Personal significance was more highly related to
teachers' job satisfaction than any other work condition
factor, especially among female teachers. Male teachers
considered adult social interaction more important for
their job satisfaction.
4. Faith dimension was the most important work
condition factor related to commitment to the church
organization, whereas personal significance was related to
commitment to the teaching profession.
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